Currency Trading:Hildebrand to Break Silence on Currency Trading After SNB U-Turn – San Francisco Chronicle

Bloomberg Hildebrand to Break Silence on Currency Trading After SNB U-TurnSan Francisco Chronicle4 (Bloomberg) — Swiss central bank President Philipp Hildebrand will tomorrow break his silence on currency trading by his wife after a U-turn by officials led to the release of an internal report on the transactions and rules governing them. …SNB chief to [...]

Currency Trading:Euro Trading Near 11-Year Low Against Yen as Debt Woes Set to Dent Growth – Bloomberg

Bloomberg Euro Trading Near 11-Year Low Against Yen as Debt Woes Set to Dent GrowthBloombergThe Dollar Index (DXY), which IntercontinentalExchange Inc. uses to track the US currency against those of six major trading partners, dropped 0.6 percent to 79.771. Dollar Decline The dollar has fallen 0.5 percent in the past week, according to …WORLD FOREX: [...]

Trading Forex Using the COT Report – Moneyshow.com

Trading Forex Using the COT ReportMoneyshow.comBy Staff at DailyFX.com The Commitment of Traders (COT) report is not a market timing tool, but remains a valuable indicator forex traders can use to measure sentiment and spot potential short-term changes in market trends. …Currencies: Forex Futures Speculators push Euro shorts to new record levelCountingPips (blog)all 4 news [...]

Bond Auctions Continue To Dominate Forex Trading – Seeking Alpha

Bond Auctions Continue To Dominate Forex TradingSeeking AlphaBy Paul Quintaro On Thursday, the eurozone had yet another auction—this time in Italy. Commentators were mixed on whether or not they considered the results of the auction to be a success. The Italians were unable to sell as much debt as they had …and more » {forex} – [...]

Options Work Simply as Advantageously in a Downward Market

Options work just as well in a down market. The option quote table below contains tangible put option prices (thanks to Yahoo Finance) for Hewlett Packard (HPQ). Purchasing put options is a bearish methodology as the value of a put option increases as the cost of the underlying stock decreases. Hewlett Packard stock is currently trading at 32.78. Let's assume that HPQ stock declinesin price 10% from 32.78 to 29.50. Let’s focus on the March 30-Strike put option (circled).

WORLD FOREX: Tight Trading Ranges Prevail In Thin Liquidity – Wall Street Journal (India)

WORLD FOREX: Tight Trading Ranges Prevail In Thin LiquidityWall Street Journal (India)By Clare Connaghan Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES LONDON (Dow Jones)–The euro and other risk-sensitive currencies like the pound largely marked time against the dollar in European trading hours Wednesday, showing little reaction to Italy's well-received …and more » {forex} – Forex News

Forex: Flat trading dominates the start of the week – FXstreet.com

Forex: Flat trading dominates the start of the weekFXstreet.comFXstreet.com (Córdoba) – Majors remains flat moving in small ranges on Monday. The US Dollar is likely to finish the day slightly lower on a low volume day due to holidays in Europe and in America. Wall Street and European stocks exchanges remain …and more » {forex} – [...]

Currency Trading:Asia Falls In Early Trading – Wall Street Journal

USA TODAY Asia Falls In Early TradingWall Street JournalIn currency markets, the dollar surged against the won and was up against the yen and euro. The won hit a low of 1199 against the dollar following the news but pared initial losses as the authorities tried to allay market jitters. …Forex Trading and Currency Exchange [...]

Trading Week Outlook: Dec. 19 – Dec. 23 – Forexrazor

Trading Week Outlook: Dec. 19 – Dec. 23ForexrazorHigh-Risk Warning Forex, Futures, and Options trading has large potential rewards, but also large potential risks. The high degree of leverage can work against you as well as for you. You must be aware of the risks of investing in forex, futures, …and more » {forex} – Forex News [...]

Forex – EUR/USD, USD/JPY Flows: US CPI for November fails to inspire FX trading – FXstreet.com

Moneycontrol.com Forex – EUR/USD, USD/JPY Flows: US CPI for November fails to inspire FX tradingFXstreet.comby FXMarketAlerts Team – FXMarketAlerts | View company's profile US CPI for November unchanged after slipping -0.1% m/m rate in October and below analysts estimates of +0.1% m/m. CPI ex food & energy came at +0.2% m/m above the October levels [...]